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President Obama ran his 2008 campaign on the principles of hope and change. The other day, I saw a bumper sticker here in Oklahoma that said “How’s that hopey changey stuff working out for ya??” Well, actually not too bad. Michael Grunwald, stimulus expert and senior national correspondent at Time, dispels the haters.

J.D. Reeves

Aug 20, 2012

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